Wednesday, May 15

Tag: driver

Billy Joe Driver, mayor
10Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Billy Joe Driver, mayor

Billy Joe Driver, the longtime Clanton Mayor, passed away on July 9, 2020, after complication from COVID-19. The 84-year-old mayor was admitted to St. Vincent’s Chilton on Sunday (June 28) for treatment of the virus. On the following Tuesday, Driver was transferred to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham. Driver was first elected to the Clanton city council in 1972. In his nearly 50 years in politics Driver never lost a race. Prior to becoming politically active, Driver had worked for the city of Clanton since 1953. In 2011 Business Alabama Magazine named Driver as one of Alabama’s favorite mayors. Driver described the City that he served for seven decades as “Clanton, a growing city with a rich history, is the seat of Chilton County Alabama, the stat...
Read More
KP Sunil, driver
19Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Neighbors, Profiles

KP Sunil, driver

KP Sunil, who worked as a driver in the Excise Department, died of Covid infection on June 18, 2020 morning at Kannur government Medical College in Kerala. The 28-year-old was admitted with pneumonia and was put on ventilator support for the last three days. He later passed away after he tested positive for coronavirus. So far, 21 people have died of coronavirus in Kerala. According to health officials in Kannur, the deceased had worked as a driver in the Excise Office in Mattannur circle till June 12 and was admitted to a private hospital the same day and later shifted to the medical College on June 14. According to excise officials, the man was accompanying an accused who was taken into custody on June 3 and produced him for medical examination at the district hospital and visited a...
Read More
Mike Winkler, bus driver
18Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Mike Winkler, bus driver

Mike Winkler – a bus driver with the public transportation agency King County Metro Transit in Washington state ‑ died from complications related to COVID-19 on June 17. Winkler, 71, passed away after several weeks fighting the virus. His domestic partner Karla Mestl said he contracted COVID-19 in March. Winkler drove buses for 32 years and worked most of his career out of the North Base in Shoreline. Patch
Read More
Sergio Bretado Rodríguez, Ambulance Driver
15May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Sergio Bretado Rodríguez, Ambulance Driver

Sergio Bretado Rodríguez – an Ambulance Driver at IMSS, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on May 15, 2020. Sergio was an ambulance operator at the Mexican Social Security Institute (Imss) and constantly had to assist in the transfer of patients from Covid-19, until he became infected. His colleagues, in addition to lighting the ambulance sirens, gave Sergio a minute of applause, as they point out that, despite being aware of the risks, he never limited himself to helping all patients, regardless of the illness have. Dozens of vehicles paraded in front of the coffin and its crew expressed their sadness at the death of Bretado Rodríguez. Source: El Heraldo Please help us in adding details.
Read More
Odair José, Ambulance Driver
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Neighbors, Profiles

Odair José, Ambulance Driver

Odair José – an Ambulance Driver at AtendimentoMóvel de Urgência (Samu) (Mobile Emergency Care Service), Porto Velho, Brazil – passed away on 13 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jose was 46 years old. "Today we lost a warrior, Odair, Samu's driver who did a lot for this city, many removals, many lives he helped save," said a co-worker, who was also diagnosed with the coronavirus, but managed to recover. Source: RONDO NOTICIAS Please help us in adding details.
Read More
Andy Howe, Bus Driver
27Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, United Kingdom

Andy Howe, Bus Driver

Andy Howe ‑ a Bus Driver running transit service to hospitals, Nottingham, England – passed away on 26 March, 2020,  after suffering from COVID-19. Andy was 48 years old. Andy Howe worked on the Medilink service, which took NHS workers and patients to hospital. He died on the way to hospital after falling ill, his employer said. A spokesman for the RMT union said: “We are saddened by the news of Andy’s passing. We’re also angered by the reports we have received about a lack of duty of care for Andy, his colleagues and the wider public.” Source: The Guardian Please help us in adding details.
Read More